Bloomberg estimates that Apple has agreements with around 240 carriers around the world while rival Samsung has agreements with more than 800 around the world, which figures to be a major long-term advantage for the Korean electronics manufacturer. The site says that carriers such as China Mobile and Japan’s NTT DoCoMo have objected to the “high costs of subsidies needed to make the device affordable or other terms they find unacceptable,” meaning Apple will likely have to sweeten the deal for them if it wants access to potentially billions more subscribers.